Volvo S80 Owner's Manual page 177

04 Comfort and driving pleasure
Park Assist*
Rear parking assistance
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The distance covered to the rear of the car is
about 1.5 metres. The acoustic signal for
obstacles behind comes from the rear loud-
speakers.
Rear parking assistance is activated when
reverse gear is engaged.
The system must be deactivated when revers-
ing with a trailer, or bike carrier on the towbar
or similar. Otherwise they would trigger the
sensors.
NOTE
Rear parking assistance is deactivated
automatically when towing a trailer if Volvo
genuine trailer wiring is used.
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Option/accessory, for more information, see Introduction.
Front parking assistance
The distance covered to the front of the car is
about 0.8 metres. The acoustic signal for
obstacles in front comes from the front loud-
speaker.
Front parking assistance is active at speeds up
to 15 km/h, and also during reversing. The sys-
tem is deactivated at a higher speed. However,
the lamp in the button remains illuminated in
order to indicate that the system is activated
for the next time the driver shall park. When the
speed is below 10 km/h the system is reacti-
vated.
NOTE
Front parking assistance is deactivated
when the parking brake is applied.
IMPORTANT
When fitting auxiliary lamps: Remember that
they must not obscure the sensors – the
auxiliary lamps could then be detected as
obstacles.
Fault indicator
If the information symbol illuminates
with constant glow and the informa-
tion display shows Park assist syst Service
required then parking assistance is disen-
gaged.
IMPORTANT
In certain conditions the parking assistance
system may produce incorrect warning sig-
nals that are caused by external audio
sources that emit the same ultrasonic fre-
quencies that the system works with.
Examples of such sources include horns,
wet tyres on asphalt, pneumatic brakes and
exhaust noises from motorcycles etc.